USS Nevada (BB-36)

USS Nevada (BB-36) was the lead ship of the two Nevada-class battleships of the US Navy, the other being the ill-fated USS Oklahoma. The battleship was launched on 11 July 1914, having triple gun turrets, using oil (instead of coal) for fuel, using steam turbines for further range, and using the "all or nothing" armoring method. It was the first super-dreadnought of the US Navy, and the ship was harbored in Bantry Bay, Ireland to protect American supply convoys during World War I before being moved to Battleship Row in Pearl Harbor, Hawaii. The ship was hit by one torpedo and six bombs before being beached during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941, but the ship was salvaged and modernized in Puget Sound before providing fire assistance for the invasions of Normandy, southern France, Iwo Jima, and Okinawa. In July 1946, the ship was deemed too old to be retained, so it was used as a target during the Operation Crossroads nuclear bomb test at Bikini Atoll. It was heavily damaged and radioactive, but the ship was still afloat; it was sunk during gunfire practice on 31 July 1948.